The fullness of God
Won’t be kept in a grave
Darkness your hour is over.
I sat in my prayer closet a few days ago toiling over all the things I was laying at the feet of the Master with my playlist cranked up when my heart locked in on that last line of this song. Darkness, your hour is over.
There are seasons when darkness seems to have the loudest voice, doesn’t it? You’ve prayed, but nothing appears to be changing. You’ve believed, but the battle continues. You’ve stood on the promises of God, yet the night has lasted longer than you expected.
The enemy wants us to believe that because it has been dark for a long time, it will always be dark. He wants us to mistake a season for a sentence. But darkness has never had the authority to cancel what God has spoken over your life.
There are a few things I have learned about darkness while drawing nearer to the Light.
Darkness Cannot Stop the Light. In Genesis, the earth was without form and void, and darkness covered the deep. Then God spoke: “Let there be light.” God did not negotiate with the darkness. He did not ask darkness for permission. He simply spoke, and darkness surrendered.
Friends, the same God still speaks today. One word from God can break through months of confusion. One moment in His presence can restore hope. One divine instruction can redirect your entire future.
You may be looking at circumstances that appear impossible, but you can rest knowing that darkness is powerless when God commands the light.
Your Midnight is Not the End. I think about Paul and Silas who knew what midnight felt like.
They were beaten, imprisoned, and chained. Everything around them suggested defeat. Yet at midnight, they prayed and sang praises to God. Then suddenly, the prison shook. Doors opened. Chains fell. What looked like their darkest hour became the setting for supernatural deliverance.
Maybe you are standing in your own midnight season. Don’t let the darkness convince you that God has forgotten you. Your midnight may be the very place where God demonstrates His power.
Morning Will Break. The Enemy Has Had His Hour. Jesus said something powerful before His crucifixion: “This is your hour, and the power of darkness.” – Luke 22:53
The cross looked like darkness had won. Jesus was betrayed. He was beaten. He was crucified. His body was placed in a tomb, and a stone was rolled across the entrance. But darkness celebrated too soon. Early Sunday morning, the stone was rolled away. The darkness discovered that it never had the final word.
Darkness was given an hour not eternity. Night has an expiration date; morning is coming.
So, friends, what do we do? How can we navigate the nighttime hour?
First, we recognize this is a dark hour, but it is only an hour. I don’t have to call an hour an eternity. I don’t have to make permanent conclusions based on temporary darkness. I don’t have to assume that because I cannot see God moving, He has stopped moving.
Second, we make a declaration. Speak to the darkness surrounding your family. Speak to the darkness fighting your purpose. Speak to fear, discouragement, confusion, delay, and every circumstance that has attempted to convince you that nothing will ever change.
We can declare: I will not die in this night season. I will not abandon what God promised me. I will not allow what I see to become greater than what God has spoken.
Lastly, we turn our attention upward. There comes a point when we have said enough to the darkness. We don’t spend the rest of the night staring at it. We turn our eyes toward the One who is greater than it.
Colossians 3:2 tells us, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
What has your attention will eventually affect your perspective. If all I look at is the darkness, the darkness will begin to look bigger than it really is. But when I set my mind on things above, I remember who is still on the throne. I remember what He has spoken. I remember His faithfulness. I remember that what is happening around me has not changed who He is above me.
And this is where worship becomes powerful. Worship says, I may not understand this hour, but I still know who You are. I may not see the morning yet, but I will worship the God who brings morning. I may not see the answer yet, but I will worship the God who already knows the end from the beginning.
Don’t give the darkness all your attention. Set your mind on things above. Lift your eyes. Lift your voice. Worship while it is still dark.
The enemy may be operating, but he isn’t writing your ending.
– AAA
So Will I 